A lot of people wonder how they can do all the online networking they're "supposed" to do without it completely draining all their time and energy. Well, I don't have all the answers, but I've developed a strategy that works for me, so I thought I'd share it with you.
Blog1. I write my blog posts for the week in one or two sittings, usually on the weekend.
2. I schedule my blog to post automatically each day so I don't have to think about my blog all week unless I want to.
3. I'm flexible so that if a timely idea hits me mid-week, I can go ahead and write a blog post and schedule it for whenever I want.
4. All the blog comments go directly to a separate email box. Whenever I get comments that give me an idea for another blog post, I divert those emails to a separate folder called "Save for Blog."
5. I also keep a Word doc with ongoing ideas for blog posts, which I jot down whenever they strike me. When I need to write a post and get stuck, I have both my Word doc and my email "Save for Blog" file for ideas.
6. Some of my posts require almost no effort on my part. I strategically use guest posts and Q4Us, to maintain consistent postings without having to write so much.
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I made it to 500 Followers!!!!!
OMG right?
And Michelle Zink (author of Prophecy of Sisters!! OMG right!?) was my 500th follower. That magic number gets a special prize that will be announced Monday.
Starting Monday, each day I will conducting a Fabulous Follower Fiesta drawing to celebrate meeting so many wonderful people over this last year.
This contest is for my blogger followers only (listed on left hand side). Unfortunately this probably does not include my FB networked blog followers or my RSS followers. Those are tracked in several different places and are too hard to keep up with :(
On Friday, I will do a drawing for the Grand Puba Prize, which is also a surprise.
So please make sure you are an official follower on the side so I can count you in :)
Also - if you comment on the daily post, I'll throw your name in the hat an extra time. It will be a random drawing that my daughter will choose out of a hat.
Trust me - I have a lot of books to give away: Marketing books, New Hardcovers, Writing craft books, Maybe even an ARC or 2.
All are new! Not used!
Thank you so much for your support!
When I make it to 1000 followers, I will give away a FREE WEB SITE DESIGN to a lucky follower!
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Congratulations to all of those that won. Especially happy for Deb, as I know her through the blogosphere, so she deserves it.
Congrats everyone!
Congrats on reaching a milestone, Shelli! This was a phenomenal contest. Congratulations to all the winners.
I clicked over here from my google reader holding my breath like when I open a query reply from an agent in my inbox...
And it was like I'd just gotten a full request! Yay, thanks, Shelli!
This is so exciting! Thanks so much, Shelli!
Congrats to all the winners. It was an awesome contest.
SWEET!!! Thanks, Shelli!!
Congrats to the lucky, lucky winners!!
Congrats all around!
Hurray! Thank you! I feel very lucky today. Hmmm. I should send out my brand-new query. ;-)
Congrats on passing 1000, Shelli!
Congrats to all the winners! What a great contest! =) Congrats on the 1000. That is so awesome.
Congrats to the winners!
Generous!
Congrats to the winners and you as well Shelli! 1000 followers is just awesome!
Big smiles for all the winners :-D
Congrats to the winners, and applause for Shelli for such a wonderful giveaway! :)